Show tl Protect Your Health 1 I F ALL the possessions of mankind none is OF more valuable than health rand and none Is is 11 so much The Te man with a car carA A spends much of his time warding off depreciation S tion He keeps it clean and well greased and 5 J 1 oiled at the same same time heeding mechanical Turnings such as ts foreign squeaks and knocks n r brief brieT he endea endeavors o s 's to keep his car ar in the ft jest est running condition at all times taking re against breakdowns which may Usable is ble the oar When it comes to his health he J le is IS not so particular f Natures Nature's warnings gs very often are re ignored f the individual finds himself on the sick l For some one reason or other the he average 5 is IS s indifferent to the financial loss f involved in sickness Aday A day or so ago Emmett l iDo Donnelly field director of lof the Gorgas Mem- Mem Memorial f orial institute in told members of the Utah r V Sate Medical association that persons in in the tile United States are physically I f below s. below par Moreover he declared that proper c operation co-operation between the public and a d fp the medical profession prof sl n would reduce th the i cases of daily illness at least 25 I i per cent I I Director Donnelly is furthering Ute tile cause F Ok preventive medicine which believes that p. p 1 ounce of prevention is worth a pound of f ure re There is IS no denying the benefits which when the individual looks after his hi i heeding warning signals s and effecting rehabilitation habilitation before he has been Right now Director of o Efficiency and Budget Knox cf f Los Angeles is concerning himself with this problem as as' as it affects the city payrolls 4 j With city being heing paid while on sick sick ick I leav leae e e he figures that the t e city loses l ses' ses 90 Opo a on account of illness The cost costa a perhaps would be more apparent if the em- em emi i ploy s themselves were ver required to finance their incapacities as is the oase case in many lines PJ endeavor Of course Director Knox f I tS a leak believing that some of these thesel i i l take sick leave for trifling ailments f f r for no ailments whatever His ibn i however serves serves serves' to emphasize emph si e. e the cost f illness as asit it Mt relates r laes to the individual It r J c. c J least should indicate that the individual r iWho vho would make the most of his earning 14 tf power conserve his health so s as to get the t e most out of his physical and mental 5 resources If every individual were as as considerate con- con of himself as ras he is is of his automo- automo t ui le much illness and suffering could be bet vOIded t S i |